Journal profile
Revista de Drept Constitutional
ISSN 2457-8754 · eISSN 2810-1979 · Universul Juridic · Romania
Revista de Drept Constitutional: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Drept Constitutional is published by Universul Juridic. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and European and International Law Studies, together about 49.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
REVISTA DE DREPT CONSTITUTIONAL/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW REVIEW is a biannual publication that provides a scholarly forum to discuss constitutional law issues. It focuses on theoretical and practical questions and current developments in this field at national, European, and international levels, promoting constitutional theory and case law dialogue.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Tudorel TOADERPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Romania 12, France 2, Mainland China 1, Germany 1, Hungary 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studiesSocial Sciences20.5%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences16.2%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences12.4%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences5.9%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.6%
- Legal and Constitutional StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
- Legal and Policy IssuesSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Venice Commission, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, The Constitutional Court of Romania, Ministry of Justice, European Union, General Court, Constitutional Courts and equivalent bodies, International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL), Conference of European Constitutional Courts, LegislatieOnline.org, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Concourts.net – Comparative Tables on Constitutional ReviewPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 167 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 7 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 14 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 21 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 15 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 13 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted3
- articlesThe Journal welcomes articles on doctrine, theory, and practice, case notes and book reviews, the submission of contributions from worldwide.Length not stated
- book reviewsThe Journal welcomes articles on doctrine, theory, and practice, case notes and book reviews, the submission of contributions from worldwide.Length not stated
- case notesThe Journal welcomes articles on doctrine, theory, and practice, case notes and book reviews, the submission of contributions from worldwide.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Model summary
REVISTA DE DREPT CONSTITUTIONAL / CONSTITUTIONAL LAW REVIEW (RDC) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This is an open access journal in on-line version which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. The users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, but subject to the following conditions:
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universul Juridic
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2457-8754
- Electronic ISSN
- 2810-1979
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Drept Constitutional
How long does peer review take at Revista de Drept Constitutional?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Revista de Drept Constitutional?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista de Drept Constitutional based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (12), France (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista de Drept Constitutional?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Drept Constitutional is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista de Drept Constitutional open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Drept Constitutional is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .